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February 25, 2020
Question

Can you help send a statement to a customer via e-mail-message says form is too large?

  • February 25, 2020
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i am only having a problem with this one cutomer & it has always worked in the past. qbooks could not send as the form is too large?

1 reply

BettyJaneB
Level 9
February 25, 2020

I'm happy to see you here in the Community, @JR69.

 

A template that contains data that doesn't meet the statement limitations can be the reason behind the error message.

 

Here are those statement limitations:

  • You cannot record sales tax, percentage discounts, payment items, or group items as a separate charge on a billing statement. To bill for any of these, you must use an invoice (the invoice total will show on the statement).

  • You cannot enter multiple-paragraph descriptions of services provided or products sold (you can enter multiple-paragraph descriptions on an invoice).

  • You cannot group related charges together and subtotal them (you can group and subtotal charges on an invoice).

  • A charge on a billing statement can represent only one item (in contrast, an invoice can represent many items). You must enter a separate statement charge for each service or product that you sell.

  • You cannot add a message such as "Thank you for your business" to a billing statement (you can add such a message to an invoice).

  • Some of the customizing options that apply to invoices in QuickBooks do not apply to billing statements. Specifically, you cannot add custom fields to the statement form.

To get this issue sorted out, I recommend using another template while sending a statement to this specific customer. Before doing so, make sure that your Adobe reader and QuickBooks Desktop are updated to the latest release. It ensures that the system is up-to-date, and you always have recent features and fixes.

 

You can also visit these articles below about customizing templates and resolving issues when emailing templates in QuickBooks Desktop for reference:

I'll be right here to assist you further if you have any other questions. I'll make sure you're all set. Have a lovely day!